AP: I-T officer booked for unaccounted assets

Hyderabad: An IRS officer posted in
posted in Andhra Pradesh`s Guntur district has been booked for
allegedly possessing unaccounted assets worth over Rs four
crore, CBI officials said on Monday.

A disproportionate assets case has been registered
against M Anil Kumar, Additional Commissioner of Income-Tax,
by CBI`s Visakhapatnam branch.

Acting on a tip-off that the officer had amassed
illegal assets during the period of 2000-2007, the CBI sleuths
conducted searches at different places, including residences
of Kumar at Guntur and Vijayawada.

The searches carried out in the last couple of days
revealed that Kumar had acquired wealth beyond his known
sources of income in his name and names of his family members,
a CBI official claimed.

The CBI seized several incriminating documents
pertaining to movable and immovable properties during the
searches. The assets included gold jewellery and silver items
weighing about 6.6 kg and 49 kg, respectively, he said.
Kumar worked as a Joint Commissioner of Income Tax
in Hyderabad before being promoted as Additional Commissioner
in 2006.